Playback Apparatus and Playback Method

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a playback apparatus includes: a sound information input module configured to receive a surrounding environmental sound as sound information; a sound information management module configured to manage feature information of noticeable environmental sounds; a sound information analysis module configured to analyze the received sound information; a notification information creation module configured to create notification information when the received sound information coincides with the feature information of one of the noticeable environmental sounds; and an output control module configured to output video or audio by superposing the created notification information thereon.

1 . A playback apparatus comprising:
 a sound information input module configured to receive a surrounding environmental sound as sound information;   a sound information management module configured to manage feature information of noticeable environmental sounds;   a sound information analysis module configured to analyze the received sound information;   a notification information creation module configured to create notification information when the received sound information coincides with the feature information of one of the noticeable environmental sounds; and   an output control module configured to output video or audio by superposing the created notification information thereon.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the feature information is received by being extracted from the noticeable electronic sounds.   
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 2 ,
 wherein the audio information analysis module filters other sounds than the noticeable electronic sounds.   
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the feature information is received by being extracted from a voice of a specific person.   
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 4 ,
 wherein the audio information analysis module filters other sounds than the voice of the specific person.   
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the notification information is received by amplifying the noticeable environmental sound to be outputted.   
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the notification information is a message composed of characters or video, corresponding to the sound information.   
     
     
         8 . A playback apparatus comprising:
 a sound information input module configured to receive a surrounding environmental sound as sound information;   a sound information management module configured to manage feature information of noticeable environmental sounds;   a sound information analysis module configured to analyze the received sound information; and   an output control module configured to play back video or audio in a time shift manner when the received sound information coincides with the feature information of one of the noticeable environmental sounds.   
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 4 ,
 wherein the sound information and the feature information are extracted by using an MT system.   
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a play back module configured to play back video or audio, based on an output of the output control module.   
     
     
         11 . A playback method comprising:
 receiving a surrounding environmental sound as sound information;   storing feature information of noticeable environmental sounds;   analyzing the received sound information;   creating notification information when the received sound information coincides with the feature information of one of the noticeable environmental sounds; and   outputting video or audio by superposing the created notification information thereon.